Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
Photographs combined in a triptych to show a panoramic view of the burnt district seen from the roof of the Wise Brothers (Edward H. and Leo H. Wise) Factory located at numbers 126-132 West Fayette Street near Sharp (also known as Little Sharp)...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
Postcards—Maryland--Solomons Island; Islands--Maryland; Solomons Island (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A bird's eye view, looking south on the Solomons Island and the bridge connecting it with the mainland Calvert County. It is located at the north side of the mouth of Patuxent River. Called at various early times Bourne's Island, Somervell's Island...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Automobiles--Tires--Marketing; Signs and signboards;
Photograph taken about 1910 of Jacob (left) and Charles (right) Spoerer, owners of Carl Spoerer's Sons Company, standing at the counter in the tire department of their motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. In 1907...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Labor; Industries;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a man working in factory. The man is shown in profile leaning over a table or workbench. He holds a tool or piece of machinery in his hand. Behind him are the barely visible profiles of other workers. Also...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 300 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of several two- and three-story brick row houses. On the first floor of...
Signs and sign-boards; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobile repair shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. In a one-story...
Parachutes; Sewing; Airplane factories--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women employees--Maryland--Baltimore; World War, 1939-1945
Photograph of women workers sewing silk into parachutes for the United States armed forces during World War II at the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard in Baltimore, Maryland. The plant was most likely that of either the Glenn L. Martin...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the ruins of the Guggenheimer, Weil and Company Building (façade is to the right) located on the east side of Liberty Street south of German Street. Guggenheimer, Weil and Company were engravers,...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
Bridges; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking west across the Lombard Street Bridge over the Jones Falls at the burnt district. Designed and built by Wendel Bollman in 1877, this is a truss-type cast-iron bridge and carries both traffic (people and vehicles) and water...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the ruins of the Guggenheimer, Weil and Company Building (façade is to the right) located on the east side of Liberty Street south of German Street. Guggenheimer, Weil and Company were engravers,...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the upper story of a building near German and Liberty Streets at the southwest edge of the fire line on West Lombard Street. This view is taken near the source of the fire at John E. Hurst and Company, a dry...
Bridges; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on West Falls Avenue southwest of the Lombard Street Bridge over the Jones Falls. Closest to the bridge on West Falls Avenue are the ruins of the Asendorf and Dreyer box factory located at number 100...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Machine-tools;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the machine shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Standing at various machines are workers operating tools such as lathes, grinders, and drills used in...
